by quasarn01 | Jul 18, 2026 | Astronomy
India’s first privately built orbital rocket took its maiden flight Saturday, its company said, marking a significant step for the South Asian giant as it eyes a bigger slice of the global space economy. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jul 18, 2026 | Astronomy
America’s most daring, extraordinary feat—landing astronauts on the moon—remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone anywhere. Ever. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jul 17, 2026 | Astronomy
Reflect Orbital moves ahead with the company’s first Eärendil launch amid concerns from the astronomical community. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Jul 17, 2026 | Astronomy
Cosmic rays are made primarily of protons with a few electrons sprinkled in, and they can reach energies even higher than what human-made accelerators can produce. Considering human-made accelerators, such as the Large Hadron Collider on the border of Switzerland and...
by quasarn01 | Jul 17, 2026 | Astronomy
Researchers at Uppsala University have calculated that the sun contains 55% more silver than previously estimated. The results are based on more realistic modeling of the sun’s atmosphere and resolve a long-standing problem of missing silver in the solar system....
by quasarn01 | Jul 17, 2026 | Astronomy
Researchers in the U.S. have carried out the most stringent tests to date of the idea that an ultraviolet glow in the atmospheres of giant planets could partly arise through the indirect interaction between dark matter and ordinary matter. Led by Carlos Blanco at...